34. One-pot relay of Staudinger–aza-Wittig and Pd-catalyzed [3+2] cycloaddition: modular pyrrolidinone synthesis via in situ generated isocyanates from CO₂. 

Hong Sun, Mengjiao Yang, Xing He and Duanyang Kong*. Org. Chem. Front. 2026, DOI: 10.1039/D5QO01270H.

33. Ir-Catalyzed Asymmetric Formal (3+2) Cycloaddition of Esters with Vinylcyclopropanes.

Guorong Xiao, Mengjiao Yang, and Duanyang Kong*. Org. Biomol. Chem., 2025, DOI: 10.1039/D5OB01759A.

32. A Para-Selective Kolbe-Schmitt Reaction.

Xia Liu, Gregory J. P. Perry* and Duanyang Kong*.  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202522503.

31.  Pd-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation of Carboxylic Acids for the Synthesis of Chiral Butenolidyl Ester Prodrugs and Peptide−Drug Conjugates.

Yue Ma, Wenfei Ren, Congman Song, Guiqing Xu, and Duanyang Kong*. Org. Lett. 2025, DOI:10.1021/acs.orglett.5c04479

30. A Sustainable Electrochemical Platform for Decarboxylative Amidation: Direct Access to N-Arylamides from α-Keto Acids and Arylamines.

Yun Sa, Mengyuan Wei, Xing He and Duanyang Kong*.  Adv. Synth. Catal. 2025, DOI: 10.1002/adsc.70246

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29. Concise Synthesis of Chiral Tricyclic γ-Lactams by Synergistic Isothiourea/Ir Catalyzed Asymmetric [3+2] Annulation of Esters and Azabenzonorbornadienes.

Guorong Xiao, Mengjiao Yang and Duanyang Kong*. Nat. Commun. 2025, Accepted.

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28. Zwitterionic gemini additive as interface engineers for long-life aqueous Zn/TEMPO flow batteries with enhanced areal capacity.

Feiyang Hu, Zhiwen Cui, Zhen Dong, Liyuan Jiang, Nwaji Njemuwa Njoku, Wenzhang Dong, Hao Fan, Mahalingam Ravivarma, Jianbao Wu, Duanyang Kong*, Jiangxuan Song. Energy Mater. 2025, 5, 500078.

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27. CO₂ shuttling in organic synthesis.

Xia Liu, Huirong Wang, Duanyang Kong*. Chem Synth. 2025, DOI:10.20517/cs.2025.51

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26. Asymmetric Deoxygenative Formal [3 + 2] Cycloaddition of Carboxylic Acids and Vinylcyclopropanes.  

Ying Liu, Guorong Xiao, Zhuofan Bai, Yun Sa, Mengjiao Yang, Duanyang Kong*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 28564-28569.

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•  25. Strain-Mediated Sabatier Principle-Guided the Design of Bimetallic Catalysts for High-Performance Li-CO₂ Batteries.        
  Yao Dai, Baoguang Mao, Linjie Zhao, Canjie Zhang, Fenghui Ye, Bowen Liu, Ying Xiao, Duanyang Kong, Dan Wang, Yuqin Jiang, Jianhua Hou, Xiaochun Chen, Chuangang Hu. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2025, 2507586.   
  
         

   

     

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• 24. Visible-Light-Mediated Decarboxylative Allylation of Vinylcyclopropanes with α-Keto Acids toward β,γ-Alkenyl Ketones.
  Zhuofan Bai, Yun Sa, Xing He, Hongguang Du, Duanyang Kong*. 
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2025,23, 5783-5787.

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23. Stereodivergent Ruthenium/Copper Relay Catalysis for Modular Access to δ-Lactones with Two Nonadjacent Carbon Stereocenters.

Gaohan Song, Rongsheng Sun, Xia Liu, Yun Sa, Mengjiao Yang, Duanyang Kong*. Org. Lett. 2025, 27, 19, 4859–4864.

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22. Asymmetric Multi-atom Insertion of Esters via Rh-catalyzed Ring-opening of Oxabicyclic Alkenes.

Guorong Xiao, Yixiang Chen, Ziyi Wan, Duanyang Kong*. Org. Lett. 2025, 27, 14, 3782–3788.

 

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21. Direct Carbon Isotope Exchange of α-Keto Acids Enabled by Photoredox Self-Catalysis.

Jingran Ning, Gege Jiang, Hongguang Du*, Duanyang Kong*. Org. Lett. 2025, 27, 23, 5995–6000.

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20. Integrating Umpolung and CO2 Shuttling Strategies for the Synthesis of ¹²C- and ¹³C-α-Ketoacids from Aldehydes.

Xia Liu, Shilong Cao, Chenchen Zhang, Yuqin Jiang, Duanyang Kong*. Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 41, 8967–8972.

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19. Stereodivergent dual catalysis in organic synthesis. 

Hong Sun, Yue Ma, Guorong Xiao, Duanyang Kong*. Trends Chem., 2024, 6, 684 - 701.

 

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• 18. Binary Catalytic Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange of Free α-Amino Acids and Derivatives.
  Guorong Xiao, Hong Sun, Gege Jiang, Ying Liu, Gaohan Song, Duanyang Kong*. Chem. Eur. J. 2024, e202402045.
   
   

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• 17. Combining Umpolung and Carbon Isotope Exchange Strategies for Accessing Isotopically Labeled α-Keto Acids.
  Jingran Ning, Baoyang Du, Shilong Cao, Xia Liu, Duanyang Kong*. Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 5966-5971.
     
      

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16. Advancements of non-viologen-based anolytes for pH-neutral aqueous organic redox flow batteries.
Hong Sun, Feiyang Hu, Zirui Jiang, Zhiwen Cui, Mahalingam Ravivarma, Hao Fan, Jiangxuan Song, Duanyang Kong* .  Chem. Synth. 2023, 3, 33.  
 

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15.Combining Enantioselective Rh-Catalyzed Conjugate Addition and Ir-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation in Stereodivergent, Multicomponent Coupling Reactions to Form Three Stereocenters.

Qiqige Qiqige, Rylan J. Lundgren*, Duanyang Kong*. Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202300727.

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• 14. Site-Selective Hydrogenation of Electron-Poor Alkenes and Dienes Enabled by a Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydride Addition/Protonolysis Mechanism.
  Duanyang Kong, Qiqige Qiqige, Wesley McNutt, Rocco Paciello, Ansgar Schäfer, Mathias Schelwies*,  Rylan J. Lundgren* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202210601.
   
   

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• Prior to BUCT:
  
• 13. Direct Reversible Decarboxylation from Stable Organic Acids in Dimethylformamide Solution.
• Duanyang Kong, Patrick J. Moon, Erica K J Lui, Odey Bsharat, Rylan J. Lundgren* Science. 2020, 369, 557-561. 

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12. Radical Coupling from Alkyl Amines.

Duanyang Kong, Patrick J. Moon and Rylan J. Lundgren* Nat. Catal., 2019, 2, 473-476.

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11. Fast Carbon Isotope Exchange of Carboxylic Acids Enabled by Organic Photoredox Catalysis.
• Duanyang Kong, Maxime Munch , Qiqige Qiqige , Christopher J. C. Cooze , Benjamin H Rotstein*, Rylan J. Lundgren* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 2200-2206.

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10. Direct Catalytic Decarboxylative Amination of Aryl Acetic Acids.
Duanyang Kong, Patrick J. Moon, Odey Bsharat, Rylan J. Lundgren* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 1313-1319.

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9. Expanding the Limit of Pd-catalyzed Decarboxylative Benzylations.

Duanyang Kong, Patrick J. Moon, Wenyu Qian and Rylan J. Lundgren* Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 6835-6838.

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8. Enantioselective Synthesis of Boryl Tetrahydroquinolines via Cu-Catalyzed Hydroboration.

Duanyang Kong, Suna Han, Guofu Zi, Guohua Hou*, and Jiaxin Zhang* J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 1924-1932.

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7. Kinetic Resolution of Racemic 2-Substituted 1,2-Dihydroquinolines via Asymmetric Cu-Catalyzed Borylation.

Duanyang Kong, Suna Han, Rui Wang, Meina Li, Guofu Zi and Guohua Hou* Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 4558-4564.

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6. Asymmetric Hydrogenation of β‑Aryloxy/Alkoxy Cinnamic Nitriles and Esters.

Duanyang Kong, Meina Li, Rui Wang, Guofu Zi, and Guohua Hou* Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 4916-4919.

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5.Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Diarylmethanimines for Synthesis of Chiral Diarylmethylamino.

Duanyang Kong, Meina Li, Guofu Zi, Guohua Hou*, and Yong He*; J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 6640-6648.

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4. Synthesis of Chiral Lactams via Asymmetric Hydrogenation of α,β-Unsaturated Nitriles.

Duanyang Kong, Meina Li, Guofu Zi and Guohua Hou* Org. Biomol. Chem. 2016, 14, 4046-4053.

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3. Highly Efficient Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Cyano-Substituted Acrylate Esters for Synthesis of Chiral γ-Lactams and  Amino Acids.

Duanyang Kong, Meina Li, Rui Wang, Guofu Zi and Guohua Hou Org. Biomol. Chem. 2016, 14, 1216-1220.

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2. Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrogenation of β,β-Disubstituted Nitroalkenes.

Man Liu, Duanyang Kong, Meina Li, Guofu Zi, and Guohua Hou* Adv. Synth. Catal. 2015, 357, 3875-3879.

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1. Highly Efficient Rh-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of α,β-Unsaturated Nitriles.

Qiaozhi Yan, Duanyang Kong, Meina Li, Guohua Hou*, and Guofu Zi J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 10177-10181.